List of Famous people with last name Heidelberger

Michael Heidelberger

First Name Michael
Last Name Heidelberger
Born on April 29, 1888
Died on June 25, 1991 (aged 103)

Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist. He and Oswald Avery showed that the polysaccharides of pneumococcus are antigens, enabling him to show that antibodies are proteins. He spent most his early career at Columbia University and comparable time in his later years on the faculty of New York University. In 1934 and 1936 he received the Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1967 he received the National Medal of Science, and then he earned the Lasker Award for basic medical research in 1953 and again in 1978. His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

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